Story+1975-07-20+Providence,+RI

“This song is something from our new album, it should be out next month, I’m sure (crowd cheers) it’s called “You better watch out for the Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out”…”
 * 20.07.75 Providence, RI, intro to “Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out”**

“There I was in Asbury Park (crowd cheers) on a dark, rainy night, right, it was raining, a hurricane just came in, I’m walking down the street at three in the morning…had my jacket bundled up around me…way down the end of the street walking through the monsoon, I seen this big figure…so I crossed to the other side…when I crossed to the other side, he crossed to the other side…so I crossed back to the other side and now it was coming into shape, dressed in white, walking with a cane, a big guy, walking like there was no rain and the wind wasn’t blowing, just walking like it was a beautiful summer day…and me, I’m hiding in the shadows walking down the street till the guy’s getting closer, so I’m gonna figure I’m gonna duck into this doorway…and wait till he passes by…so I duck into the doorway, I stood in the doorway like this and sure enough I hear them footsteps coming closer and closer…and right where I’m standing, he turns and faces off on me, right…so…I did the normal thing: I was cool, I threw all my money on the ground (laughs from the crowd) threw off my jacket…didn’t move…all he did was he reached out his arm, right…and I was scared (?)…slowly I turn (laughs from the crowd) step by step (crowd cheers) until… sparks fly on E Street…” (…) And slips on his jeans…locks up the house, turns out the lights, gets in the car, turns on the radio (?) starts it up (Max hits the drum) she won’t go – starts it up (Max hits the drum) no, won’t go – starts it up (Max pounds the drums) that’s close (?) and picks her up…and they move on down to the scene…”
 * 20.07.75 Providence, RI, intro to “The E Street Shuffle”**

“This is the title track of the next album, it’s called “Born to Run”…”
 * 20.07.75 Providence, RI, intro to “Born to Run”**

“(Clarence: “Hey, hey, hey, watch out…’cause Kitty’s back”)(crowd cheers)…"
 * 20.07.75 Providence, RI, intro to “Kitty’s Back”**

“On the piano…the Professor, Mr. Roy Bittan (crowd cheers)(?)… back there on the bass…from Long Branch, New Jersey, Mr. Garry W. Tallent (crowd cheers) to my left, on the…guitar…we got from Asbury Park, New Jersey (crowd cheers) weighing in at 165 pounds, Miami Steve (crowd cheers) back on the drums…representing all you folks from North Jersey, northern end of the state, the Mighty Max (crowd cheers)(?)…to the far right on the organ, the mysterious Mr. Daniel Federici (crowd cheers) to my immediate right, my right hand man (?) king of soul, Mr. Clarence Clemons (crowd cheers)…”
 * 20.07.75 Providence, RI, middle of “Rosalita”**

“I wanna thank everybody for coming down tonight, let you know we really do appreciate it (crowd cheers) oh, this is something to you, here’s something to you from Asbury Park with love (crowd cheers)…”
 * 20.07.75 Providence, RI, intro to “Sandy”**

“This song was originally done by the Shirelles and then it was done in the early sixties by a group called Manfred Mann…are you ready?...”
 * 20.07.75 Providence, RI, intro to “Sha La La”**

“Here’s something, uh…done by Gary U.S Bonds…if you don’t dance to this one, slap yourself into face, you may be dead (crowd cheers)…”
 * 20.07.75 Providence, RI, intro to “Quarter to Three”**

//Compiled by Johanna Pirttijärvi//